Saturday

Good Nanny Sighting at CHKD - Va. Beach, Va.

Received Saturday, December 5, 2009 Every week my son has a speech appointment at the CHKD outpatient office at Kempsville in Norfolk, Virginia. Our appointments are set to the same time and date every week. I keep coming across a nanny and a little girl; she is about 6 or 7 and always well dressed. She walks in a yellow walker with Dora the Explorer stickers. (incidentally she told me her nanny helped her put the stickers on her walker and she is learning with crutches (hot pink!) and the nanny also helped sticker them.) I am always amazed at how skilled and professional this young woman is. The nanny is always well dressed for her job, in jeans and some sort of nice shirt. She is extremely attentive to her little girl and claims to have been with her for just over seven years! She is very quick to correct any negative behavior in a quiet, nonthreatening way. She was also quick to point out that she was the nanny, not mom. She then reinforced, to the little girl, that the parents missed her more than words and are very proud of her. When I asked my child's teacher about the nanny, the teacher did not know her personally but had nothing but wonderful things to say about her. The teacher told me that the little girl had been coming to the office for years, at times 3 and 4 days a week, and the nanny has kept her motivated through it all. She learned exercises, equipment, and development. Part of me hopes her family is treating her very well, but part of me does not.I will soon be having my second child and I hope to offer her a package that convinces her to move our way!

14 comments:

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what a great nanny sighting!! But please don't take the nanny away from the little girl! I doubt she will leave her, especially since she has been there for 7 years, but please don't even try to take her away!! This little girl is probably very attached to her nanny!

Okay, that was a really sweet, heartwarming story.......until you proclaimed your intentions to rip this nice nanny out of the poor little girl's life! And we all just got through ripping stepmom a new one cause she was hoping to do practically the same thing to some children that you are gonna 'hope' to do to this child!!! Craziness....

If the family is treating this excellent nanny as they should be, then she should have no reason to leave them. If not, then this wonderful nanny is entitled to be with a family that appreciates her. I say, if you can entice this nanny to work for you, go for it! But please allow her enough time to ease herself away from her other charge.

I would think that if she has been with them for over 7 years, they are probably treating her well or else she wouldn't have been with them for so long. If she is that great, she may have had offers before that she has turned down.

However, I hope you don't do this to that poor little girl! Talk about selfish!

What an ugly thing to do. Or even think of doing. I hope the nanny says no if you make her an offer. She probably will. She sounds like the type who will recognize a snake in the grass. If you will do that to the parents, you will do that to the nanny.

I have to agree with Bloomfield babysitter here. I imagine if the nanny has been with this family for 7 years, they are treating her well, but there's no reason the OP couldn't make a job offer. If the nanny wants to leave the job already, it gives her the opportunity, and if she doesn't, she doesn't have to. And sorry for the little girl, but a nanny has to look out for herself too.

OP-you aren't an ugly or horrible person-talk about drama queens overreacting. If you can make a deal with the nanny to get her to come work for you-you owe it to yourself and your own child to at least try. The nanny may be content in her position right now, but you might just be the nanny's golden goose.

People jump ship for a better job all the time and although strong attachments are formed-being a nanny is a job. Leaving has to be handled the proper way-giving the other child time to adjust-but you are well within your rights to pursue this nanny and she is well within her rights to accept or reject your offer. And if you do manage to get her it doesn't make you or the nanny terrible people.

I happen to be quite happy in my job right now, having been with my charges several years. The parents pay me well and give me a nice bonus. That being said-I do keep an eye on the ads now and then to see if I can find a better position. I have had offers; solicited and unsolicited on my part-but I have not found any that suit me. If I did find something I thought would improve my quality of life and bring more income to my family I would accept it-giving enough notice for the kids to adjust. For I have no doubt in my mind that if one of the children's very active Grandma's suddenly got the urge to give up their social lives and sit for free I would be let go without hesitation-albeit with a good severance package, well wishes and no hard feelings on either side.

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